SWAMPSCOTT — The Swampscott baseball team did its best to fight through the rain but only got in three full innings before a 3-3 tie with visiting Beverly was called off in the fourth Monday night.
Despite just three innings of work, the Big Blue came away with a pair of huge hits thanks to a two-run home run from Aidan Graciale and another solo homer from Cam O’Brien. Connor Correnti scored one run for Swampscott.
Pierce Friedman started the game on the mound and threw 2 2/3 innings, allowing two earned runs on two hits with three walks and two strikeouts. Joseph Ford came in for relief and only grabbed two outs and allowed a trio of walks before things were called with one out in the fourth.
Beverly pushed across an early run in the first after a pair of errors on grounders to shortstop.
But Correnti got Swampscott started just as fast with a leadoff single before Graciale laced his home run to left center to put the Big Blue ahead 2-1.
Beverly evened things up thanks to a sacrifice fly with bases loaded in the second inning.
O’Brien led off the second inning for Swampscott and hit his homer to left field to put Swampscott back ahead 3-2.
Despite starting the third with a quick 6-4-3 double play, the Big Blue couldn’t hold off Beverly once again after a pair of walks pushed a run across before Ford got out of the inning.
The game was called a few innings later in the top of the fourth.
Swampscott stays put at 7-7 (6-6 in Northeastern Conference) after the unfinished game and now waits for state tournament seeding.
